Picicola

Price, Roger D. & Weckstein, Jason D., 2006, Picicola Clay and Meinertzhagen (Phthiraptera: Philopteridae) from jacamars and puffbirds (Piciformes: Galbulidae, Bucconidae), with descriptions of five new species, Zootaxa 1367, pp. 37-50 : 48-49

Key to the Species of Picicola from the Jacamars and Puffbirds

1 Abdominal tergites II–IV each with 5 or more tergocentral setae ( Fig. 27 ) ................... ..................................................................................... P. serrafreirei Valim and Linardi

- At least tergites II–IV each with only 2 tergocentral setae ( Fig. 1 ) .............................. 2

2 Head marginal carina with irregular inner border ( Figs. 4, 9 ) ...................................... 3

- Head marginal carina with even inner border ( Figs. 7, 12 , 15 )..................................... 5

3 Cephalic index>1.18 ( Fig. 4 ); penis length 0.035–0.040 ( Fig. 8 ).................................. ........................................................................................... P. striata Oniki and Emerson

- Cephalic index <1.17 ( Fig. 9 ); penis length not over 0.030 ( Fig. 11 , 24 )..................... 4

4 Male tergite IX with chaetotaxy as in Fig. 22 ; penis extremely short, 0.015 long ( Fig.

24) ........................................................................................................... P. oneilli n.sp. - Male tergite IX with chaetotaxy as in Fig. 3 ; penis longer, 0.025–0.030 long ( Fig. 11 ) ................................................................................................................. P. valquii n.sp.

5 Female vulval margin as in Fig. 17 ; chaetotaxy of male tergite IX as in Fig. 16 ........... ................................................................................................................. P. osheai n. sp.

- Female vulval margin as in Fig. 20 ; chaetotaxy of male tergite IX as in Fig. 3 or 19 .. 6

6 Chaetotaxy of male tergite IX as in Fig. 19 ; male genitalia as in Fig. 21 ; female subgenital plate as in Fig. 20 ...................................................................... P. faucetti n. sp.

- Chaetotaxy of male tergite IX as in Fig. 3 ; male genitalia as in Fig. 8 or 14; female subgenital plate as in Fig. 5 ........................................................................................... 7

7 Penis as in Fig. 14 ; head shape as in Fig. 12 ........................................... P. naokii n. sp.

- Penis as in Fig. 8 ; head shape as in Fig. 7 ...................... P. galbulica Valim and Linardi

Figures

FIGURES 14 – 27. 14, Picicola naokii, male genitalia. 15 – 18, P. osheai. 15, Female head outline. 16, Male tergites VIII – IX. 17, Female subgenital plate and vulval margin. 18, Male genitalia. 19 – 21, P. faucetti. 19, Male tergites VIII – IX. 20, Female subgenital plate and vulval margin. 21, Male genitalia. 22 – 24, P. oneilli. 22, Male tergites VIII – IX. 23, Male subgenital plate. 24, Male genitalia. 25 – 27, P. serrafreirei. 25, Female head outline. 26, Female subgenital plate and vulval margin. 27, Dorsal female abdomen.

FIGURES 1 – 13. 1 – 6, Picicola striata. 1, Entire dorsoventral male. 2, Dorsoventral female terminal segments. 3, Male tergites VIII – IX. 4, Female head outline. 5, Female subgenital plate and vulval margin. 6, Male subgenital plate. 7 – 8, P. galbulica. 7, Female head outline. 8, Male genitalia. 9 – 11, P. v a l q u i i. 9, Female head outline. 10, Male subgenital plate. 11, Male genitalia. 12 – 13, P. naokii. 12, Female head outline. 13, Male subgenital plate.